At this risk of painting with too broad of brush, what happens when these nice and normal Mexicans come to America? Do they leave those laudable values at the border?
Yes, I certainly do know a handful of Mexicans here in Texas that have fully embraced the ways and culture of the United States. But, in my estimation, the vast majority of them (illegal or otherwise) have a brazen contempt for our country, instead embracing the worldview of La Raza.
I really hope that I'm in the wrong here and that your characterization is closer to reality.
The Dems have been very successful at giving the La Raza image, but until fairly recently, when a lot of money flowed into it, La Raza was a loser left-over 1970s college Marxist group that did nothing but turn up a Socialist Worker meetings and marches. Obviously, the Dems managed to convince some college age Mexican-Americans or Mexican American politicians that this was the way to riches, but a mass adherence to La Raza is pretty recent. However, the left has the money and it will only get worse (although I did read that Hispanics were backing off from Obama, probably as they realized how much he really hates them deep down inside).
Go and look at most of the Central Valley and other parts of CA, and you’ll see nice middle class and lower middle class Mexican American suburbs with Ford trucks in the driveway. They go to church on Sunday and they like to go to the mall in the afternoon.
However, I think that with the “new America” fostered by Obama, where nobody gets to have anything because it might be “greedy” for anybody but Obama to have anything, I bet you’re going to see a lot of disappointment among the Hispanics who were dumb enough to vote for him. They are, in general, entrepreneurial and want to get ahead and have things, and there will be a clash between his socialist vision and their ideals.
That said, the dependant urban welfare class is a whole different matter, but that’s probably true of any group.